5.2 PTR: Isle of Giants, Transmog Weapon Restrictions Changed

Today we have a video by Lore of the Isle of Giants, the mysterious island to the north of Kun-Lai Summit. This island is pretty abandoned for now, but has some lush jungle foliage and the world boss Oondasta, a huge dinosaur. You can read about Oondasta's abilties in our Dungeon Journal preview.

Transmog Weapon Restrictions Changed

Last month, Blizzard tweeted about possible transmog restrictions being lifted in 5.2:

Zarhym

Removing main-hand/off-hand Xmog restrictions maybe by 5.2. Also allowing Xmog of weaps w/ similar anims (2H axe/2H sword, etc).Problem right now is fist weapons can be quite big, & Monk anims are detailed enough that these weapons cause bad art clipping.I discussed w/ @Ghostcrawler & he's going to see if we can make polearm Xmog work for War/DK/Ret weapon types. Want to!

While transmogging Off Hand or Main Hand weapons to One Hand weapons wasn't possible on the PTR, we realized that over 600 Main Hand weapons have been reclassified as One Hand, allowing them greater transmog flexibility. Logging on the PTR will display the old tooltips, but the changes have already been datamined. So if you've a dual-wield type that wants to mog caster weapons for fun, now you can do so with Kri'tak, Imperial Scepter of the Swarm or Tempest of Chaos, for example.

Comments

Comment by Marlork

Can you transmog an item to look like an item that your class normally can't use?

That would be awesome. Just imagine a hunter that looks like a shaman :]

Comment by SkinnyBill

on 2013-01-06T05:33:38-06:00

I believe the limitations are on the weapon type. For example, you can currently transmog a sword to a sword, but not a mace to a sword.

It looks like many main hand weapons are being changed to "one hand" weapons, so you may be able to transmog one hand weapons of different types, providing they have a "valid appearance". Daggers and Wands may be interchangeably transmogged, but maybe not because stabbing someone with a wand would look strange.

However, it would be good to see if I can finally transmog my staff to look like a fishing pole to trick people in groups :D

Comment by jacobwx77

on 2013-01-06T06:49:35-06:00

you cant transmog staves into polearms and vice versa? dont they share animations?

also i think being able to xmog swords into polearms would be weird for fury warriors at least

No you can't because even though they share some animations they're different weapon types.

yes but so is axes and swords, which is the topic of this page

Comment by Interest

on 2013-01-06T11:13:53-06:00

Welp this'll be fun. I play a Warrior, so this could be interesting.

Comment by bwiebusch

on 2013-01-06T11:40:40-06:00

What about the restriction that didn't allow a spell sword to be transmorged to another plainer sword? Does this change in 5.2?

Comment by Zamfix

on 2013-01-06T11:40:49-06:00

I really hope 2h axes, swords, and maces can be transmogged to look like polearms. There's some very cool polearm models that my warrior will unfortunately never get to use otherwise.

Comment by DarkZaraelys

on 2013-01-06T14:18:46-06:00

This is fantastic. my Pali seems to always have a mace as a weapon but the perfect xmog for my set is a sword. /cheer

Comment by Kyoruan

on 2013-01-06T19:52:29-06:00

discussed w/ @Ghostcrawler & he's going to see if we can make polearm Xmog work for War/DK/Ret weapon types. Want to!

My dreams of having my Paladin use nothing but polearms may come to life soon!

Comment by Gunstrong907

on 2013-01-06T23:05:05-06:00

What about Staffs to Polearms and Polearms to Staffs?I hope, i would like to have a Brew Master monk with and awesome polearms transmoged to Aspirant's Staff of Harmony ^_^

Comment by Blirf

on 2013-01-07T00:37:14-06:00

Would be nice to xmog wands/daggers/swords

Comment by polarbearus

on 2013-01-07T02:45:16-06:00

When will we be able to be able to transmog Legendary weapons?

Comment by AcePritch

on 2013-01-07T08:23:31-06:00

So.... Bow<~>gun<~>Crossbow cross transmog now? please? thanks....

Comment by zitrona

on 2013-01-07T09:27:05-06:00

when are we gonnna get to transmog legendaries

Unfortunately, I think we will never get to see this.

Comment by edwordrules

on 2013-01-07T14:24:55-06:00

I just want to Tmog Don Carlos' Famous Hat!

Comment by demonmana

on 2013-01-07T16:14:03-06:00

are legendary transmogs possible yet?

Comment by Cargath

on 2013-01-07T16:34:16-06:00

Now make it so that you can transmog something on one character, send it to an alt, and keep the transmog.

Comment by Amalo4

on 2013-01-07T17:17:40-06:00

Polarms and Fists cant be transmogged? Lovely. i play a bear and a monk.

Why do you need to transmog a bear's weapon so badly? You never see it in bear form. Sure it's nice when you aren't in bear form but how much time is that really? Weapons are made to be deadly, not pretty. Deal with it for the seconds you get to see it.

but fists need to be transmoggable to Swords, Axes and Maces.

In what way does this even make sense?

Comment by monkiy

on 2013-01-07T18:39:09-06:00

Can you transmog an item to look like an item that your class normally can't use?

I doubt it. Part of the requirements for mogging has always been that you have to be able to equip both items involved.

That was never a listed requirement. It was only ever a requirement because the weapon types had to identical, lol. I think it's a good possibility that we could see maces mogged to axes for Druids, or similar situations.

Comment by Misdirection582

on 2013-01-07T18:54:56-06:00

If i can finally use my Halberd of Smiting over another 2H I will be one happy blood elf deathknight! I love the crazy little twirl they do. Plus it just looks cool as hell!

Comment by SuiteMindcrime

on 2013-01-07T19:32:31-06:00

Unfortunately, mailboxes and picking up quests are bugged on the PTR, so I can't check polearms and staves. Character copies didn't reset, so I used the few I had to test the categories above--although I do have a character with the BoA staff and polearm I'd love to copy over.

Edit: there's one vendor that sells staves, going to hope the items are available.